Chapter 958:

Carrie took the phone, her fingers brushing against its surface—still warm from Kyson’s touch.

It was strange. She could joke and talk freely with Daxton, treating him as nothing more than a friend. But with Kyson, she could never quite cross that line. To her, he was just an acquaintance… or at most, a friend’s older brother. Things that seemed casual to others felt oddly intimate to her.

Yet, at some point, hadn’t she already shattered that restraint? She had gone with Camille to scout male escorts, and she had even spent the night with a stranger in a hotel—things a traditionally reserved girl wouldn’t do.

But if she was truly as open-minded as those actions suggested, then why was she still so guarded around Kyson? Even with Daxton—someone she had known for years—she had only reluctantly agreed to a relationship that was in name only, hidden from the world.

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How had she ended

It was a welcome distraction—otherwise, she had no

even with all the small talk she could muster, their conversation only

the phone back to Kyson, Carrie was about to find an excuse to close her eyes and

twisting uncomfortably. Fortunately, it was just dry heaving—nothing more. Kyson immediately

face had

hesitation, Kyson unscrewed a water bottle and handed it to her. “Blame Marina for keeping you on the phone so long. Looking down like

to defend Marina, but she couldn’t come up with

to the heatstroke she had suffered just days ago. Lately, her body felt weaker and weaker, as if something was off. She made a mental

the blink of an eye, a month had passed. Caught up in the relentless pace of work, Carrie had long forgotten about the check-up she

had just finished reviewing audition tapes for a group of newcomers. Rising from her chair to grab a glass

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